pbks vs kkr 2025: Kolkata Knight Riders could not achieve a small target of 112 runs on Tuesday under Ajinkya Rahane’s captaincy. The Punjab Kings, led by Shreyas Iyer, were batting first and piled on their home ground for 111 runs. Chasing the target, Kolkata’s score was 62/2 and the team needed 50 runs in 75 balls to win. Then Rahane’s wicket fell and then the whole team collapsed like cards.
This is the smallest score in IPL history, which has been defended by a team. Rahane was lbw out off Yuzvendra Chahal by scoring 17 runs in 17 balls. The team could not be able to recover from here. After the match, KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane got angry at the batsmen. However, taking responsibility for this defeat, he also admitted that the team’s lagging started from here.
What did Ajinkya Rahane say after the match
Rahane said, "I take responsibility for the defeat, I played the wrong shot, missed it, but it started from there. I did not want to take any risk at that time, I was also not sure. The wicket was not so easy, the target of 111 runs could be achieved, we really batted very poorly as a batting unit, the bowlers performed really well against Punjab’s strong batting line up. I thought we were careless, taking full responsibility as a unit. Many things were going on in my mind. I am very disappointed I need to keep myself really calm and wonder what I am going to talk to boys."
8 wickets fell at 33 runs
Angry Raghuvanshi (37) was also caught by Angris Raghuvanshi (37) on a score of 72 after Ajinkya Rahane. After this, Venkatesh Iyer on the score of 74, Rinku Singh and Ramandeep Singh were dismissed on 76. The entire Kolkata team collapsed for 95 runs. After this victory, Punjab Kings have finished fourth in the points table.
